Total solar eclipse returns to Spain after more than a century

the moon covered the sun over Spain, and a total solar eclipse returned to the mainland. (Photo: PTI) A wait for more than a century came down to barely a minute: the moon covered the sun over Spain, and a total solar eclipse returned to the mainland. Near sunset on Wednesday, crowds watched the sky darken almost to night before sunlight briefly returned, leaving one of Europe’s rarest celestial events over almost as soon as it had begun.A total solar eclipse is seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)The rarity went deeper than Wednesday’s spectacle. Western Europe had not witnessed a total solar eclipse since 1999, while Spain’s own history carries an unusual qualification. News agency Associated Press reported that a hybrid eclipse produced only a few seconds of totality in 1912, leading some astronomers to regard 1905 as Spain’s previous full-scale total solar eclipse.Sequence of the moon covering the sun in a total solar eclipse seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday, (Photo: AP)Europe watches daylight fadeFrom St Petersburg to Berlin, millions outside the narrow path of totality experienced a different version of the eclipse. People ga...